Last week on the PBS News Hour a story was run about how the dry summer in Europe was revealing images of long gone structures in the United Kingdom.  Among these is a brief mention of the Stobs Prisoner of War Camp near Hawick, Scotland.  While the entire story is worth looking at, the entry about the camp is seen about 2:32 into the clip below:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/europes-dry-summer-yields-an-archaeological-treasure-trove

There has been interest in this POW camp, and for more information, click below:

http://www.stobscamp.org/

 

 

 

Blair Tarr is the Museum Curator of the Kansas State Historical Society. He oversees the three-dimensional collections of the Society, but has special interests in the Civil War, Wichita-made Valentine diners, and Leavenworth's Abernathy Furniture. In the last few years he has also done a lot of cramming on The Great War. He is a past president of the Kansas Museums Association and the Civil War Round Tables of both Kansas City and Eastern Kansas. He is currently a board member of the Heritage League of Greater Kansas City.